# Stephanie Lee

> Director of Product Design at Public

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/stephanielee

I’m a strategic design leader who is passionate about cultivating cross-functional collaboration to deliver results-driven user experiences and build customer brand loyalty. 

• Build and manage high-functioning design teams to provide solutions from strategic innovation, product optimization to feature generation from the ground up

• Lead cross-functional team collaboration, set measurable goals, and inspire teams to reach success: conduct user research, test hypotheses, measure and apply learnings, deliver value to customers quickly

• Work with senior executive teams, internal stakeholders and external partners to develop effective programs, project plans, and long term strategic visions

• Leverage insights from quantitative and qualitative research to craft product visions and identify growth opportunities across diverse channels and platforms

• Recruit, manage and mentor design talent

## Work Experience
### Director Of Product Design @ Public.com
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product design leadership @ Popfox LLC
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Product design leadership in a consulting capacity at high growth startups and a large scale ecommerce portfolio company.

### Product design manager, Lending @ SoFi
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Led the design function for SoFi's Student Lending products: Student Loans Refinance and Private Student Loans.

### Director, Head of product design @ Adopt-a-Pet.com
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019
Built and led a design team to optimize and redesign the 5-million monthly traffic pet search engine and its brand touchpoints across multiple channels. Spearheaded the design and development of a design system, architected a universal sign-on experience for a complex ecosystem, implemented processes that enabled the organization to work cross-functionally and in a human-centered way.

### User Experience Design Instructor, Graduate Program @ Academy of Art University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Guided graduate students through the development of their product design thesis projects. Teaching topics: systems thinking, product and service design, user research, persona creation, journey mapping, prototyping, feature prioritization, testing, data analysis, style guide, visual design, branding

### Experience Designer | Product & Service Design @ Great Fridays
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Led the discovery and design of products and services that drove business KPIs through human-centered design approach. Clients include Microsoft, Pearson Education, and Citrix.

### Art Director @ Papyrus
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Directed the creative development of industry-leading luxury paper products for nearly 450 Papyrus stores and major retail partners such as Target and Safeway.

### Art Director @ Willoughby Design, Inc.
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012
Managed key accounts and led the design of compelling brand experiences across a multitude of industries: fashion, retail, restaurants, healthcare, banking, skincare and real estate. Clients include: United Nations, Hershey's, Nestle, Kohl's, and Hallmark.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in Visual Communication
The University of Kansas


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stephanieleesf

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Last updated: 2026-04-13